Cyberspace, Distance Learning, and Higher Education in Developing Countries
Old and Emergent Issues of Access, Pedagogy, and Knowledge Production
Biographical note
N’Dri T. Assié-Lumumba, Ph.D. (1982) in Comparative Education, the University of Chicago, teaches at Cornell University in the Africana Studies and Research Center. Dr. Assié-Lumumba has published extensively on equality, policy, and political economy, and history of education, educational innovations, and gender and development.
Readership
This book is resourceful in the fields of education, technology, communication, computing & information science, political economy, international studies, development studies, gender studies, and indigenous knowledge systems.
Table of contents
Preface
Introduction, N’drit. Assié-Lumumba
1. ICT4D: A Frontier for Higher Education in Developing Nations, Royal D. Colle and Raul Roman
2. Partnership in Higher Education in Africa: Communications Implications beyond the 2000s, Jacques Habib SY
3. Implementing the Online Learning Communities in Africa: A Unisa Case Study, J.F. Heydenrych, P. Higgs and L.J. Van Niekerk
4. Pedagogical Issues and Gender in Cyberspace Education: Distance Education in South Africa, Chika Trevor Sehoole and Teboho Moja
5. Distance Learning and Virtual Education for Higher Education in Africa: Evaluation of Options and Strategies, Stanley Moyo
6. The Chances for Success of the Francophone Centers for Distance Education of the GDLN Network: The Case of the Centre d’Education à Distance de Côte d’Ivoire, Kouassi Yao
7. Higher Education Reform: Challenges towards a Knowledge Society in Malaysia, Akiko Kamogawa
8. Strategies for Promoting Virtual Higher Education: General Considerations on Africa and Asia, Kazuo Kuroda and Hossain Md. Shanawez
Index
Introduction, N’drit. Assié-Lumumba
1. ICT4D: A Frontier for Higher Education in Developing Nations, Royal D. Colle and Raul Roman
2. Partnership in Higher Education in Africa: Communications Implications beyond the 2000s, Jacques Habib SY
3. Implementing the Online Learning Communities in Africa: A Unisa Case Study, J.F. Heydenrych, P. Higgs and L.J. Van Niekerk
4. Pedagogical Issues and Gender in Cyberspace Education: Distance Education in South Africa, Chika Trevor Sehoole and Teboho Moja
5. Distance Learning and Virtual Education for Higher Education in Africa: Evaluation of Options and Strategies, Stanley Moyo
6. The Chances for Success of the Francophone Centers for Distance Education of the GDLN Network: The Case of the Centre d’Education à Distance de Côte d’Ivoire, Kouassi Yao
7. Higher Education Reform: Challenges towards a Knowledge Society in Malaysia, Akiko Kamogawa
8. Strategies for Promoting Virtual Higher Education: General Considerations on Africa and Asia, Kazuo Kuroda and Hossain Md. Shanawez
Index
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